A surprise marriage at Susan

Susan: It is not everybody that knows how to keep a secret, but it seems that Mr. Monroe Stewart and Miss Lillie Thomas did. Miss Lillie lives in a very thickly settled neighborhood, within calling distance of some three or four families, and there are a dozen or fifteen within a radius of half a mile; not withstanding all this that couple slipped over to the parsonage in broad daylight and were united in the bonds of matrimony without its being known to a single individual except the parson’s wife, whom Lillie took into her confidence the day before; even Mr. Ware, the parson, had but short notice.

100 YEARS AGO

Thursday, May 23, 1918

from the Mathews Journal

Cupid has been busy in Mathews County and two marriages resulted the past week. On the 15th inst., the Rev. L.D. Stables joined Jones Ashbury and Miss Cora Belle Robins at Cardinal. The groom is a young farmer, and the bride is a popular young lady of the Cardinal neighborhood.

At the parsonage of the East Mathews circuit, last Saturday night, Miss Susie Fitchett was married to Glenn M. Armistead by Rev. Mr. Burch. The contracting parties are popular residents of the New Point Section.

90 YEARS AGO

Thursday, May 24, 1928

from the Gloucester Gazette

A force of 73 men is at work on pole lines and rights-of-way for the East Coast Utilities, between Gloucester and West Point, and it is expected that electric light and power service in the county will be available early in July.

from the Mathews Journal

The Mathews Glee Club, assisted by Miss Eunice Borum and pupils of Lee-Jackson High School, will present a “Flower-Music Festival,” at Lee-Jackson High School, Tuesday night, May 29th, at 8 o’clock.

The program is made up of mixed quartets, male quartets, musical recitations, vocal and instrumental solos, and bids fair to be one of the most enjoyable entertainments of the season.

The 1938 membership drive of the local Young Democratic Club is going strong, according to officers of the club, and is expected to close May 28 at noon with from 500 to 600 members, making the club one of the largest in Virginia. The membership last year was 420.

The annual ball with which the club winds up its membership campaigns will be held in the Botetourt school gymnasium Saturday night. Beginning at 9 o’clock.

Members of the Gloucester club are competing with Young Democrats in other sections of the state in a state-wide membership drive for prized offered by the Virginia Democrats.

70 YEARS AGO

Thursday, May 20, 1948

from the Gazette-Journal

Thursday, The Cobbs Creek Baseball nine will play Prentis Park on the Cobbs Creek diamond on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.

The Cobbs Creek team is again managed by Freeman Sutton with Coles Diggs as Business Manager. During the current season, the team has collect five consecutive victories, having defeated Deltaville, Mathews, Poquoson and Shacklefords.